Pimcore: Unsafe PHP Deserialization in Multiple Locations Without allowed_classes Restriction
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
Pimcore is an Open Source Data & Experience Management Platform. Prior to 11.5.17 (LTS) and 12.3.7, multiple Pimcore locations call PHP's unserialize() on data from database columns and filesystem files without the allowed_classes restriction, including lib/Tool/Authentication.php, models/Site/Dao.php, models/DataObject/ClassDefinition/CustomLayout/Dao.php, models/Tool/TmpStore/Dao.php, models/Asset/WebDAV/Service.php, and admin-ui-classic-bundle/src/Helper/Dashboard.php, enabling object injection and remote code execution if an attacker can control the serialized data source. This issue is fixed in versions 11.5.17 (LTS) and 12.3.7.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pimcore | pimcore | before 11.5.17; 12.0.0 to before 12.3.7 | 11.5.17, 12.3.7 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) | 12.0.0-RC1 to before 12.3.7 | 12.3.7 | Patch available | GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj |
| — | pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) | before 11.5.17 | 11.5.17 | Patch available | GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj |
| — | pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) | 2026.1.0 to before 2026.1.3 | 2026.1.3 | Patch available | GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj |
- pimcore Vendorpimcore Affected before 11.5.17; 12.0.0 to before 12.3.7 Fixed in 11.5.17, 12.3.7 Patch available CNA
- pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 12.0.0-RC1 to before 12.3.7 Fixed in 12.3.7 Patch available GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj
- pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 11.5.17 Fixed in 11.5.17 Patch available GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj
- pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2026.1.0 to before 2026.1.3 Fixed in 2026.1.3 Patch available GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pimcore (pimcore) Fixed in 11.5.17, 12.3.7
- Fix · GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) Fixed in 12.3.7 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) Fixed in 11.5.17 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj pimcore/pimcore (Packagist) Fixed in 2026.1.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45162
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj
References
More pimcore vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-18925 Pimcore has a Blind SQL Injection in Admin Search Find API due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-30848 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-15667 Pimcore Admin Classic Bundle host header injection in the password reset CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-40161 Pimcore: Remote Code Execution via DataObject Class-Definition Field Name CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-18926 Pimcore ENV Variables and Cookie Informations are exposed in http_error_log CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2024-16853 Pimcore Host Header Injection in user invitation link CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2023-01489 SQL Injection in pimcore/pimcore CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-45162 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-45162 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-36fc-7wjg-mfvj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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